https://yunfeiren.com Yunfei Ren | Artist Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:14:56 +0000 https://yunfeiren.com en https://yunfeiren.com/22075367 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 12:51:35 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/22075367 https://yunfeiren.com/About Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:29:17 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/About Working across painting, installation, and photography, Yunfei Ren constructs temporal portals that collapse the boundaries between past and present. His practice engages with history, memory, and rituals, mapping cycles of migration, transformation, and recurrence. By layering images and materials, Ren’s work traces how memory lingers and histories resurface, echoing across time. His work has been exhibited at Fort Mason, the de Young Museum, Stanford University, and the Chinese Historical Society Museum, and has also been featured in The Washington Post. ︎ Instagram&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;︎ Email &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎CV https://yunfeiren.com/37710309 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:14:56 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/37710309 https://yunfeiren.com/Prevailing-Winds-at-Smack-Mellon Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:14:36 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/Prevailing-Winds-at-Smack-Mellon PREVAILING WINDS at SMACK MELLON Prevailing Winds is a site-specific installation that serves as a response to the architecture and history of its location. Previously installed at Fort Mason in San Francisco and Stanford University, at Smack Mellon, the work was installed on a 24-foot-tall wall inside a former boiler house—an industrial space that once bore witness to waves of immigration and the rise and fall of industry in DUMBO. It gestures toward movement, connection, and change. The paper flutters in response to passing bodies, animated like waves, suggesting motion, loss, and longing. At Smack Mellon, it takes on an organic, vine-like shape, evoking renewal and the entanglements of memory. On view June 14–July 27, 2025 Curated by Pallavi SuranaSmack Mellon |&nbsp;92 Plymouth St. Brooklyn, NY 11201 More information <img width="1221" height="1656" width_o="1221" height_o="1656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/344996611a68b6f67deeb9e4b8a2c9a9734590d2a4282a6c35205c9d62955424/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0689.jpg" data-mid="236087368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/344996611a68b6f67deeb9e4b8a2c9a9734590d2a4282a6c35205c9d62955424/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0689.jpg" /><img width="1656" height="1116" width_o="1656" height_o="1116" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e363a313fb9ff8d211e9fdd35a7f1c758732fe019eb3974eaa907398542e504/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0771.jpg" data-mid="236087370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e363a313fb9ff8d211e9fdd35a7f1c758732fe019eb3974eaa907398542e504/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0771.jpg" /><img width="1656" height="1163" width_o="1656" height_o="1163" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/460f7dc57ab746c3e29f3e3aea1d6970930c920f51cf3cff951517bc4385e58e/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0658.jpg" data-mid="236087366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/460f7dc57ab746c3e29f3e3aea1d6970930c920f51cf3cff951517bc4385e58e/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0658.jpg" /><img width="1656" height="1640" width_o="1656" height_o="1640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6731cfde7949ed7516a8d0b52244da57f1804b0201b84932698a75b1a9d3a10d/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0684.jpg" data-mid="236087367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6731cfde7949ed7516a8d0b52244da57f1804b0201b84932698a75b1a9d3a10d/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0684.jpg" /><img width="1192" height="1656" width_o="1192" height_o="1656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/098c185798215d541c5f98e5992f98b433302d00ded21fbc833b80035208149f/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0723.jpg" data-mid="236087369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/098c185798215d541c5f98e5992f98b433302d00ded21fbc833b80035208149f/250616EFrossard_RemainsToB_0723.jpg" /> &nbsp; Image courtesy of Smack Mellon. Photo by Etienne Frossard. https://yunfeiren.com/36076527 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:16:48 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/36076527 https://yunfeiren.com/Latitude-Unknown Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:22:52 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/Latitude-Unknown LATITUDE UNKNOWNThese seven paintings chart shifting geographies of movement, where migration is not a singular event but an ongoing state of transformation. These works function as temporal portals, drawing from the visions of migrants during their voyages—sun, stars, wind, coasts, and waters—inviting viewers into spaces where past and present blur. As spaces of convergence, these paintings embrace the instability of perception, allowing meaning to shift with each encounter. Forms emerge and recede, echoing the fragmentary nature of memory and the fluidity of migration. Latitude Unknown lingers with these tensions, inviting viewers to step into the visions of Ren’s paintings—histories both personal and collective that continue to accumulate sedimented meanings with time. On view April 18 - May 31, 2025 at Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery <img width="3000" height="2129" width_o="3000" height_o="2129" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae44d747b81510d8fe32e7be7853d3badb395618799eb65b271048f8c49d6fa6/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4303.jpg" data-mid="231523914" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae44d747b81510d8fe32e7be7853d3badb395618799eb65b271048f8c49d6fa6/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4303.jpg" /> When One Shadow Touches Another, 2025Acrylic on canvas40 × 60 in <img width="2368" height="3000" width_o="2368" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99486ecaa5d30dc63a9d0f2875b593b49defb82c3730ca2fa561a5fd6904c4eb/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4310.jpg" data-mid="231523915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99486ecaa5d30dc63a9d0f2875b593b49defb82c3730ca2fa561a5fd6904c4eb/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4310.jpg" />The Sun Bends Twice, 2025Acrylic, flashe on canvas48 × 36 in <img width="2392" height="3000" width_o="2392" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43fd189414c0362a4e7e962f806c648b619fb32be22a341a76e3eafd08312b7f/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4344.jpg" data-mid="231523917" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43fd189414c0362a4e7e962f806c648b619fb32be22a341a76e3eafd08312b7f/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4344.jpg" />Stars Return in Fragments, 2025Acrylic, flashe on canvas48 × 36 in <img width="2423" height="3000" width_o="2423" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9ea5882db414622acf1855fd88e8c8c420c45c584b36383d84d5f80cc0f6e09/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4335.jpg" data-mid="231523916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9ea5882db414622acf1855fd88e8c8c420c45c584b36383d84d5f80cc0f6e09/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4335.jpg" /> A Map Drawn in Wind, 2025 Acrylic and flashe on canvas 48 x 36 in <img width="2604" height="3000" width_o="2604" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0c4ae369d8f18d2ccd0c89a024fac5622c37dd00a63170439f77b6f3697338c/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4388.jpg" data-mid="231523918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0c4ae369d8f18d2ccd0c89a024fac5622c37dd00a63170439f77b6f3697338c/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4388.jpg" />A Chorus of Departures, 2025Acrylic on canvas35 x 30 in <img width="2636" height="3000" width_o="2636" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c1d781afb07c8a83b0907b05d152ca920bf54d22ebccd950b02958e6443f076/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4394.jpg" data-mid="231523919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c1d781afb07c8a83b0907b05d152ca920bf54d22ebccd950b02958e6443f076/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4394.jpg" />Torn at the Seam of Arrival, 2025Acrylic, flashe on canvas 35 x 30 in <img width="2159" height="3000" width_o="2159" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df1dbddf27485ab74b0bbf9e272bc237ef2934a916e590425e3cc70191e040d2/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4416.jpg" data-mid="231523920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df1dbddf27485ab74b0bbf9e272bc237ef2934a916e590425e3cc70191e040d2/lattitude-unknown-_B3_4416.jpg" /> Scorched Into Memory, 2025Acrylic, flashe, mica on canvas36 x 22.5 in https://yunfeiren.com/37398554 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:23:12 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/37398554 https://yunfeiren.com/hub-spoke Thu, 30 May 2024 15:02:08 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/hub-spoke hub/spoke hub/spoke maps the trajectories of migration, reflecting the emotional and psychological transformations individuals experience as they navigate new cultures and environments. The intricate web of paths reveals a subtle interplay between global mobility and the evolving contours of personal identity.&nbsp; This visual mapping invites contemplation on the transient and cyclical nature of selfhood, reflecting the broader, cyclical patterns of migration, where the movement of bodies and the reformation of identity are forever entwined in a process of constant negotiation, regeneration, and flux.Photograph: 50 x 50 in | Inkjet print Installation: 9 x 9 ft | Threads, golden nails Photograph: <img width="2873" height="2490" width_o="2873" height_o="2490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46d469f5ef27d10ecb150cc514e1980c681926ffa9b602a3c465867eb9c319ef/_DSF0796_lowres.jpg" data-mid="212012177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46d469f5ef27d10ecb150cc514e1980c681926ffa9b602a3c465867eb9c319ef/_DSF0796_lowres.jpg" /> Installation detail views: <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed5b9a2bc6fd461f86dd4c7553e8576dd53d8258a24dc56cb29cd9b37a9481c2/_MG_0578.jpg" data-mid="212012191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed5b9a2bc6fd461f86dd4c7553e8576dd53d8258a24dc56cb29cd9b37a9481c2/_MG_0578.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b5ac936153abd85b9021c8b9db447df9198739889358638f18dee45055eff64/_MG_0579.jpg" data-mid="212012192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b5ac936153abd85b9021c8b9db447df9198739889358638f18dee45055eff64/_MG_0579.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a5ab6578808718960653d12c72c9a0436b6421a28becbfe2ad5a72a3b59fa76/_MG_0575.jpg" data-mid="212012357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a5ab6578808718960653d12c72c9a0436b6421a28becbfe2ad5a72a3b59fa76/_MG_0575.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/979404141f2631b509518969ed021a5a8745add3fd064f6600317c2369a40307/_MG_0580.jpg" data-mid="212012193" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/979404141f2631b509518969ed021a5a8745add3fd064f6600317c2369a40307/_MG_0580.jpg" /> https://yunfeiren.com/36238646 Thu, 30 May 2024 15:02:03 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/36238646 https://yunfeiren.com/Prevailing-Winds-at-The-Guardhouse Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:54:14 +0000 Yunfei Ren | Artist https://yunfeiren.com/Prevailing-Winds-at-The-Guardhouse PREVAILING WINDS at The Guardhouse The Guardhouse, a former military station at Fort Mason Center, offers views of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge and recalls its role as a point of entry for transpacific migration. Prevailing Winds honors the more than 300,000 Chinese immigrants who arrived via steamship during the California Gold Rush, prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Situated near Angel Island, where many immigrants entered the U.S., the installation commemorates their journey toward the “American Dream”. Ren uses Joss paper, traditionally burned as ancestral offerings, to envelop the walls. Moved gently by an oscillating fan, the papers evoke the artist's childhood memories and transform the space into a temporal portal that connects personal memory to collective history. Drawing from the Qingming Festival, Ren's installation makes visible how the past resurfaces and circulates within the present, reconstituted through acts of remembrance and renewal. On view March 23 - June 9, 2024 Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco More information <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d18dbf7cc46364308f1e4445534b5cb424530df3f1d6ed8871857f1c8967c5e/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0300_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036927" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d18dbf7cc46364308f1e4445534b5cb424530df3f1d6ed8871857f1c8967c5e/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0300_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cbed6ba323d1097f752f733277c61e33869c39f0a346dffcf0a31925841a971/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0101_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036922" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cbed6ba323d1097f752f733277c61e33869c39f0a346dffcf0a31925841a971/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0101_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b69d818590f41b0e01aca05435b01a421a353f7a776156028f0c64c5d89c9e0/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0078_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b69d818590f41b0e01aca05435b01a421a353f7a776156028f0c64c5d89c9e0/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0078_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dadcacb99ec00c37a3761e7d6193df8a195d6469e02d3e6c6512eda0ed2a48d3/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0012_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dadcacb99ec00c37a3761e7d6193df8a195d6469e02d3e6c6512eda0ed2a48d3/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0012_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a144442edc0348e4ddc202bb42cb5faca1ee4777e9f12ebd4088def302fb7f86/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0142_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036923" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a144442edc0348e4ddc202bb42cb5faca1ee4777e9f12ebd4088def302fb7f86/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0142_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bee02e062547eeca9ef87bc5503b9ed3c2ab73f1c6eb29eacc8a6618201593e/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0154_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bee02e062547eeca9ef87bc5503b9ed3c2ab73f1c6eb29eacc8a6618201593e/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0154_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/257f895fbb7601767ba4ddf1772b8c8d3e6b4f468df617d9b612d99fab1846fa/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0159_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/257f895fbb7601767ba4ddf1772b8c8d3e6b4f468df617d9b612d99fab1846fa/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0159_lowres.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d242fb3ecfab0b1dd318ea8189c4f6bbc0a9fc47a9f1df9c93ae418d8417b1c/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0189_lowres.jpg" data-mid="210036926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d242fb3ecfab0b1dd318ea8189c4f6bbc0a9fc47a9f1df9c93ae418d8417b1c/20240315_GUARDHOUSE_0189_lowres.jpg" />